THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has called on the Army Commander to promptly deal with the erring military personnel who were recently captured assaulting youths for purportedly insulting President Hakainde Hichilema. In a statement, Thursday, LAZ Honorary Secretary Sokwani Chilembo said under no circumstances must any citizen, let alone men and women in uniform, take the law into their own hands to mete out street justice. “The Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) is appalled at videos showing military personnel assaulting unidentified youths for purportedly insulting the President of the Republic of Zambia. Military weapons are also seen in one of the said videos, being used to intimidate the said youths. Regardless of the behaviour exhibited by the youths, Zambia...

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